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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1929
Page
3
Social and Personal News for the department may be mailed or telephoned Tim, but the social reporter, Mrs. Isabelle F. Miller, will aid to receive news by telephone between 3 and 4 p.m. for the following day. Phone No. 33.
The thirty-fifth Virginia Branch convention of the International Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons met at the renovated First Presbyterian Church in Alexandria with 200 delegates from across the state. Highlights included speeches by Mrs. Henry E. Eley and Mrs. M. W. Liebert, reports on raised funds, and praise for Sheltering Arms Hospital in Richmond. Officers for the new year were elected and next year’s meeting welcomed Front Royal circles.
Charles Lester Shriver of Martinsburg and Blanche May Foltz of Gore Virginia were married in Hagerstown Maryland by Rev. William M Norment. The couple will reside with his parents on Virginia Avenue Martinsburg and celebrated with a turkey dinner after the ceremony.
Alpha Rho Chi and Scarab Architectural Society plan the Beaux Arts Ball at UVA the week after spring exams. A Chinese theme is expected, with student committees and Professors guiding the event. The biennial ball reflects high costs and time demands on students. Century Club to study Africa this season with papers on Geography and Ancient Egypt.
A surprise birthday dinner was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Grubbs in Greenway in honor of Mr. G. W. Grubbs turning eighty two. Guests included Howard and Mrs Grubbs Sam Sumion Albert Carper Boyd Young Geraldine Sumion Katherine Hilda Hazel Grubbs Katherine White and Raymond Grubbs.
Miss Margaret Lehman of Amaranth Pennsylvania married Frederick R. Elbin of Hancock Maryland on Saturday October 19. The ceremony by Rev Norris A Lineweaver occurred at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church parsonage. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs George Lehman. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs John Elbin and works as a salesman. Landon Whitacre of Whitacre was here yesterday on business.
A group of Winchester residents will travel to Washington Thursday to attend a show produced by Jock Mullane for the Washington City Club. Also notes include updates on local figures such as pneumonia ill bus driver McKinley Rhea and marriage license from Moorefield West Virginia.
A fragment notes that the writer felt equally ill upon rising as the night before, referencing a well known man in the context of the illness. The text presents a personal sickness mood without clear events or dates.
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